71.   Tampa Bay, which was considered a sure playoff team during the preseason, is home against Pittsburgh on Sunday and finishes its season at Washington and at Cincinnati.

72.   That extension would not be announced until after the Yankees finish their season.

73.   That the team that goes to training camp in October will be superior to the one that finished the season is a foregone conclusion.

74.   The Bears finish their season next Saturday against Columbia in New York.

75.   The Buckeyes will have finished the season as strong as any other team if Tennessee loses.

76.   The Buffalo season is finished.

77.   The Devils finished the season tied with the fifth-best record in the Eastern Conference and were considered vastly inferior to such teams as Philadelphia and Quebec.

78.   The Coyotes are well aware how strongly the Ducks finished the season.

79.   The club brought back the same five players who finished the season but will not put the same starters on the floor.

80.   The Dodgers finished their season with seven consecutive losses.